# Sahih al-Bukhari - Invoking Allah for Rain (Istisqaa)

*Exported from [ParallelQuran.com](https://parallelquran.com) on August 23, 2026*

**8 hadith**

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## Hadith #981

**Book:** Invoking Allah for Rain (Istisqaa) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Dinar عبد الله بن دينار العدوي | **Grade:** Sahih

My father said, “I heard Ibn `Umar reciting the poetic verses of Abu Talib: And a white (person) (i.e. the Prophet) who is requested to pray for rain and who takes care of the orphans and is the guardian of widows.” Salim’s father (Ibn `Umar) said, “The following poetic verse occurred to my mind while I was looking at the face of the Prophet (p.b.u.h) while he was praying for rain. He did not get down till the rain water flowed profusely from every roof-gutter: And a white (person) who is requested to pray for rain and who takes care of the orphans and is the guardian of widows . . . And these were the words of Abu Talib.”

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-al-bukhari-981/)*

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## Hadith #1064

**Book:** Shortening the Prayers (At-Taqseer) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Dinar عبد الله بن دينار العدوي | **Grade:** Sahih

On traveling, `Abdullah bin `Umar used to offer the prayer on his Mount by signs whatever direction it took. `Abdullah said that the Prophet (ﷺ) used to do so.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-al-bukhari-1064/)*

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## Hadith #1155

**Book:** Virtues of Prayer at Masjid Makkah and Madinah | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Dinar عبد الله بن دينار العدوي | **Grade:** Sahih

Ibn `Umar said, “The Prophet (ﷺ) used to go to the Mosque of Quba every Saturday (sometimes) walking and (sometimes) riding.” `Abdullah (Ibn `Umar) used to do the same.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-al-bukhari-1155/)*

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## Hadith #3573

**Book:** Companions of the Prophet | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Dinar عبد الله بن دينار العدوي | **Grade:** Sahih

One day Ibn `Umar, while in the Mosque, looked at a man who was dragging his clothes while walking in one of the corners of the Mosque He said, “See who is that. I wish he was near to me.” Somebody then said (to Ibn `Umar), “Don’t you know him, O Abu `Abdur-Rahman? He is Muhammad bin Usama.” On that Ibn `Umar bowed his head and dug the earth with his hands and then, said, “If Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) saw him, he would have loved him.”

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-al-bukhari-3573/)*

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## Hadith #6930

**Book:** Judgments (Ahkaam) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Dinar عبد الله بن دينار العدوي | **Grade:** Sahih

I witnessed Ibn `Umar when the people gathered around `Abdul Malik. Ibn `Umar wrote: I gave the Pledge of allegiance that I will listen to and obey Allah’s Slave, `Abdul Malik, Chief of the believers according to Allah’s Laws and the Traditions of His Apostle as much as I can; and my sons too, give the same pledge.’

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-al-bukhari-6930/)*

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## Hadith #6932

**Book:** Judgments (Ahkaam) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Dinar عبد الله بن دينار العدوي | **Grade:** Sahih

When the people took the oath of allegiance to `Abdul Malik, `Abdullah bin `Umar wrote to him: “To Allah’s Slave, `Abdul Malik, Chief of the believers, I give the Pledge of allegiance that I will listen to and obey Allah’s Slave, `Abdul Malik, Chief of the believers, according to Allah’s Laws and the Traditions of His Apostle in whatever is within my ability; and my sons too, give the same pledge.”

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-al-bukhari-6932/)*

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## Hadith #6997

**Book:** Holding Fast to the Qur'an and Sunnah | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Dinar عبد الله بن دينار العدوي | **Grade:** Sahih

`Abdullah Bin `Umar wrote to `Abdul Malik bin Marwan, swearing allegiance to him: ‘I swear allegiance to you in that I will listen and obey what is in accordance with the Laws of Allah and the Tradition of His Apostle as much as I can.’

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-al-bukhari-6997/)*

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## Hadith #7064

**Book:** Holding Fast to the Qur'an and Sunnah | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Dinar عبد الله بن دينار العدوي | **Grade:** Sahih

Ibn `Umar said, “The Prophet (ﷺ) fixed Qarn as the Miqat (for assuming the Ihram) for the people of Najd, and Al-Juhfa for the people of Sham, and Dhul-Hulaifa for the people of Medina.” Ibn `Umar added, “I heard this from the Prophet, and I have been informed that the Prophet (ﷺ) said, ‘The Miqat for the Yemenites is Yalamlam.’ “When Iraq was mentioned, he said, “At that time it was not a Muslim country.”

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-al-bukhari-7064/)*

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